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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing%20git%20history%20for%20rust-by-example/near/235005861" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Joshua Nelson <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing.20git.20history.20for.20rust-by-example.html#235005861">(Apr 17 2021 at 17:52)</a>:</h4>
<p><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-by-example/issues/1407">https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-by-example/issues/1407</a> has gone ignored for a few months now - does anyone know who I could contact about it?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing%20git%20history%20for%20rust-by-example/near/235006213" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing.20git.20history.20for.20rust-by-example.html#235006213">(Apr 17 2021 at 17:58)</a>:</h4>
<p>I would suggest a PR which squashes the history on every push to that branch</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing%20git%20history%20for%20rust-by-example/near/235006222" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing.20git.20history.20for.20rust-by-example.html#235006222">(Apr 17 2021 at 17:58)</a>:</h4>
<p>Then merging it is sufficient to fix this problem</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing%20git%20history%20for%20rust-by-example/near/235006228" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Joshua Nelson <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing.20git.20history.20for.20rust-by-example.html#235006228">(Apr 17 2021 at 17:58)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention silent" data-user-id="116122">simulacrum</span> <a href="#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing.20git.20history.20for.20rust-by-example/near/235006213">said</a>:</p>
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<p>I would suggest a PR which squashes the history on every push to that branch</p>
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<p>you mean like with github actions?</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing%20git%20history%20for%20rust-by-example/near/235006255" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Joshua Nelson <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing.20git.20history.20for.20rust-by-example.html#235006255">(Apr 17 2021 at 17:59)</a>:</h4>
<p>the gh-pages branch is no longer being used AFAIK, the last github pages publish was in 2018 <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-by-example/deployments/activity_log?environment=github-pages">https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-by-example/deployments/activity_log?environment=github-pages</a></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing%20git%20history%20for%20rust-by-example/near/235006265" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Joshua Nelson <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing.20git.20history.20for.20rust-by-example.html#235006265">(Apr 17 2021 at 17:59)</a>:</h4>
<p>so maybe an easier approach is to just delete the branch altogether</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing%20git%20history%20for%20rust-by-example/near/235006349" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing.20git.20history.20for.20rust-by-example.html#235006349">(Apr 17 2021 at 18:00)</a>:</h4>
<p>Hm, ok</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing%20git%20history%20for%20rust-by-example/near/235006364" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing.20git.20history.20for.20rust-by-example.html#235006364">(Apr 17 2021 at 18:00)</a>:</h4>
<p>I guess that's no longer used</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing%20git%20history%20for%20rust-by-example/near/235006373" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing.20git.20history.20for.20rust-by-example.html#235006373">(Apr 17 2021 at 18:00)</a>:</h4>
<p>So we can delete it</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing%20git%20history%20for%20rust-by-example/near/235006433" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing.20git.20history.20for.20rust-by-example.html#235006433">(Apr 17 2021 at 18:01)</a>:</h4>
<p>Something is redirecting <a href="http://rustbyexample.com">rustbyexample.com</a> to doc...</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing%20git%20history%20for%20rust-by-example/near/235006449" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing.20git.20history.20for.20rust-by-example.html#235006449">(Apr 17 2021 at 18:02)</a>:</h4>
<p>I think it's that branch</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing%20git%20history%20for%20rust-by-example/near/235006477" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing.20git.20history.20for.20rust-by-example.html#235006477">(Apr 17 2021 at 18:02)</a>:</h4>
<p>So probably squashing is right</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing%20git%20history%20for%20rust-by-example/near/235006488" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Joshua Nelson <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing.20git.20history.20for.20rust-by-example.html#235006488">(Apr 17 2021 at 18:02)</a>:</h4>
<p>ah ok yes you're right <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-by-example/blob/gh-pages/index.html">https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-by-example/blob/gh-pages/index.html</a></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing%20git%20history%20for%20rust-by-example/near/235784361" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Joshua Nelson <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing.20git.20history.20for.20rust-by-example.html#235784361">(Apr 23 2021 at 04:17)</a>:</h4>
<p>ping again, who has permissions to do this? the exact commands to execute are in the issue: <a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-by-example/issues/1407">https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-by-example/issues/1407</a></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing%20git%20history%20for%20rust-by-example/near/235802172" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> apiraino <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing.20git.20history.20for.20rust-by-example.html#235802172">(Apr 23 2021 at 07:59)</a>:</h4>
<p>I think <a href="https://github.com/marioidival">@marioidival</a> (who you already mentioned in the issue) could be the recipient for a ping. Maybe worth an old-fashioned email?  (Important github notifications tend to drown in a sea of background noise)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing%20git%20history%20for%20rust-by-example/near/235828590" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> simulacrum <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/242791-t-infra/topic/squashing.20git.20history.20for.20rust-by-example.html#235828590">(Apr 23 2021 at 12:04)</a>:</h4>
<p>I can do it later today, just had forgotten</p>



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